Starc faster than ever in Aussie annihilation

MITCHELL Starc roared back to life with a 10-wicket haul for the match as Australia rediscovered their best to beat Sri Lanka by 366 runs in Canberra and wrap up a 2-0 Test series victory.

In their last Test before David Warner and Steve Smith's likely Ashes returns, Australia claimed their first multi-game series victory in any format since the ball-tampering saga last March.

Sri Lanka was as disappointing as any touring team to Australia in many years, all out for just 149 on Monday chasing an unlikely 516 for victory.

But it's the manner in which Australia annihilated them to win the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy that will be most pleasing.

After an-innings-and-40-run victory in Brisbane, Joe Burns, Kurtis Patterson, Travis Head and Usman Khawaja all made centuries before Starc claimed 5-46 to finish with 10-100 for the match at Manuka Oval.

Beaten from pillar to post for most of the summer, Starc produced the quickest bowling of his Test career according to Fox Sports - regularly sending down 150km/h thunderbolts.

After taking 5-54 in the first innings, Starc knocked over Dimuth Karunaratne with his seventh ball of the fourth morning with one that nipped back and clipped the opener's leg bail.